Inhalation device, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium
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Publication Number
US-12520881-B2
Publication Date
2026-01-13
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Abstract
An inhalation device uses a base substance to generate aerosol to be inhaled by a user. The inhalation device includes a storage unit that stores information, a communication unit that receives information from another device when a first condition is satisfied, and a control unit that causes the storage unit to store the information received from the other device when a second condition is satisfied.
Core Innovation
An inhaler device generates, using a substrate, an aerosol to be inhaled by a user. The inhaler device includes a memory that stores information, a communicator that receives information from another device in a case where a first condition is met, and a controller that causes the memory to store information received from the other device in a case where a second condition is met.
The inhaler device temporarily stores, with a time limit imposed, the information received from the other device in a case where the first condition is met. When the second condition is met before the time limit expires, the controller resets the time limit added to the information temporarily stored and received from the other device. If the time limit expires without the second condition being met, the inhaler device deletes the information temporarily stored and received from the other device.
The system manages received information content and related contextual metadata, including identification information of the substrate, brand information, profile information, and a combined substrate+profile identification. The received information may further include metadata such as transmission path information and number-of-times information, and system architectures include inhaler devices, a user terminal, a sales terminal, and a server supporting direct copy and indirect copy of copy target information between inhalers under NFC-related communication states.
Claims Coverage
The document provides three independent claim scopes, all centered on conditional reception and conditional commitment of received information using a time-limited temporary storage whose timer is reset by a second condition before expiry.
Conditional reception and time-limited temporary storage in inhaler device
An inhaler device includes a memory, a communicator, and a controller where the communicator receives information from another device when a first condition is met, and the controller causes the memory to store the received information when a second condition is met. The inhaler device temporarily stores, with a time limit imposed, the information received when the first condition is met, resets the time limit when the second condition is met before expiry, and deletes the temporarily stored information when the time limit expires without the second condition being met.
Multiple-inhaler system with conditional inter-inhaler storage
A system comprises a plurality of inhaler devices where an inhaler device receives information from another inhaler device when a first condition is met and stores the information when a second condition is met. The receiving inhaler device temporarily stores the received information with a time limit, resets the time limit when the second condition is met before expiry, and deletes the temporarily stored information when the time limit has expired without the second condition being met.
Programmed control of conditional receiving and resettable deletion
A non-transitory computer readable medium having a program causes a computer controlling an inhaler device to execute receiving information from another device in a case where a first condition is met, storing the information received from the other device in a case where a second condition is met, and temporarily storing the information received from the other device with a time limit imposed. The program resets the time limit when the second condition is met before the time limit expires, and deletes the temporarily stored and received information when the time limit has expired without the second condition being met.
Across the independent claims, the core inventive concept is conditional reception of information, conditional commitment based on a second condition, and a resettable time limit for temporarily stored received information that is deleted when the second condition is not met before expiry.
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